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Editor’s Note: Louisiana voters will be asked to decide on 14 proposed amendments to the Louisiana Constitution on the Nov. 4 ballot. The Leader will be running a series of articles provided by the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana to better inform voters about the issues that will be on the ballot.

Amendment 13 is asking voters to allow government-owned property in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans to be sold under specific guidelines.

Because New Living Word School enrolled fewer students through the Louisiana Scholarship program than expected, the Lincoln Parish School Board will not be hit as hard by the changes in this first year.

Originally, before final enrollment numbers came out, Business Manager George Murphy said the projection was that the school system would lose $1,002,000 due to the scholarships. Instead, because only 79 Lincoln Parish students transferred out of the public school system, the losses to the school board were $608,730.